FOR members of the Warwick RSL Sub-branch, today will be a day of deep remembrance and reflection.

Hundreds of locals are expected to join in a national minute's silence at 11am, and leading them will be members of the RSL who know all too well the significance of Remembrance Day.

Warwick RSL Sub-branch chaplain Kevin Stow said the day was "very, very significant".

"It reminds us of what it cost us as a nation to have our freedom," Mr Stow said.

"We're hoping that people don't forget.

"It's very much a time of deep remembrance."

Reflecting on the meaning of the famous words "lest we forget", Mr Stow said there were lessons from the past we needed to learn as a country.

"Australians have forgotten the meaning of 'lest we forget' at our own peril," he said.

"We haven't learnt the lessons from our past."

With two-and-a-half years' service in Malaysia and relatives who served in both of the great wars, Mr Stow has experienced the sacrifices made by our armed forces.

"My father served in World War Two and my uncle served in France in World War One," he said.

"They are the forerunners for people like us - they forged the Anzac legend.

"They are the foundation for our remembrance."

For returned Afghanistan veteran Max Rielly, the bands on his arms tell the story of his fallen comrades.

"Remembrance Day is to pay tribute to everything they, the servicemen and women, did," he said.

"They stopped the carnage and the tyranny."

After being medically discharged after seven years' service in Afghanistan, Mr Rielly wears the armbands as his personal remembrance.

"It's so you never forget," he said.